Karl Heffner, Eventide

Karl Heffner, EventideThis late 19th century oil painting by German artist Karl Heffner (1849 1925) depicts a hiker and dog walking along a muddy track in the evening. The turbulent British weather with its electrifying mood swings, rapid showers and unpredictability has often been the butt of numerous jokes by those sheltering in warmer abodes. Much like its inhabitants, the no nonsense climate bustles with eccentricity the damp chill of an October morning morphs into a

proclaimed that “nature is painting for us

It’s set to the rhythm of a majestic light and captures nature’s harmony in all its splendour

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 45½” x 30½” / 116cm x 77cmYear of creation: 1919-1948Provenance: Private collection

palette and brush rest on a table by an old chair

Dominique Robbe that provided the clearest direction by encouraging him to seek a career in law

particularly along the fold but otherwise fine

Housed in a gilt frame

with her back turned

The one we see here is probably Dutch and dates to the 18th century

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 37” x 29” / 94cm x 74cmYear of creation: 1929Provenance: DenmarkCondition: Fine craquelure in areas

Perhaps a symbolic reference to the passing of time

Our reference: BRV1826